Elementary School Text Features Resources : Page 5

When paired with two types of nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between the text features of printed text and electronic text.

Get ready to read! Set students up for success by showing them how to preview texts before reading. Young readers are challenged to predict what the book is about using the title and illustrations before diving into the story.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Searching for Text Features.

Children read about Ada Lovelace, whose ideas are still used in computing today, in this biography worksheet.

Everyone gets to be a movie maker! Use this resource with your students as they practice visualizing. As they make a movie in their mind, they will create illustrations to accompany a text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring with Visual Elements.

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

This worksheet teaches first graders how to write headings for informational texts.

Oh no, this story has gotten all jumbled! Practice recognizing story order by putting these panels back together.

This printable preschool worksheet is sure to get your kid thinking about nature.

Want to meet a real-life Mulan? Read up on Deborah Sampson, a barrier-breaking woman who fought for equality in the armed forces.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Parts of a Book.

Visual and multimedia elements in scripts and plays enhance the reader’s experience and give important directions for how to translate texts for an audience. Get your class analyzing scripts with such elements using this graphic organizer.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

It’s census time! Travel back to 1930 to analyze the census data for the household of Walt Disney.

Is your kid over the moon for stories? Let him use his imagination to make a storyboard of a familiar nursery rhyme.

This helpful picture chart helps students identify the different text features found in the nonfiction books they are reading.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Learning About Literacy Concepts.

Arrr you ready for a treasure hunt story? These pirates have gotten their story all jumbled! Help them put it back in order.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Learning About Text Features.

This rubric chart helps students to learn how to grade the quality of the caption illustrations they come across in nonfiction texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk.

This worksheet teaches first graders the important role that diagrams play in informational text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Nonfiction Text Features.

Students can use this open ended worksheet to practice making predictions using complete sentences.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Explaining Illustrations with Declarative Sentences.

Both of these animals have big ears! Your child will look at the pictures of unusual animals in this worksheet and try to learn some new things about them.

Visual and multimedia elements in fiction texts enhance the reader’s experience. Character perspectives, use of language, and creative text physical features bring stories to life!